As Buddhist teachers often point out, knowledge, in the sense of prajña, is not knowledge about anything. There is no abstract knower… — Francisco Varela Copy Share Image
Knowledge of the Enlightenment Cycle, of the ways that inner dimensions and nirvana work, lifts you far above the transient sorrows, pains,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is a still center of the universe. Within that still center are all things, all achievements, all loses, everything and nothing… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Freedom is not a luxury that we can indulge in when at last we have security and prosperity and enlightenment; it is,… — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
Reciprocity, a symbiotic relationship, is a relationship in which two people have worked out certain terms. I am using you in certain… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“God is the ultimate ground of Being, and this ultimate ground of Being is YOU. For one who realizes their true nature… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“If one understands [just] the literal meaning, One becomes arrogant and one's mind deteriorates. Through rejecting the excellent teachings, One will be… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“It is possible to refine awareness itself so much that the emptiness of things, and the role mental construction plays, becomes a… — Jay Michaelson Copy Share Image
[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
Where is fate and who is fate? We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“On the other hand, we can all call to mind the case of seeing the same thing many times over and over.… — Tagawa Shun'ei Copy Share Image
The first who attracts the eye, the first in enlightenment, in power and in happiness, is the white man, the European, man… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“When I missed the physical body of my partner, I meditated on its parts, tossed by the waves, torn, dispersed, and deteriorated.… — Dang Nghiem Copy Share Image
So, my unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism, or ageism, or lookism, or even really… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
In a single moment we can understand we are not just facing a knee pain, or our discouragement and our wishing the… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Following feeling, relying on liking or wanting, we are not free. The freedom to "do as we like" is not freedom of… — Dharma Publishing Copy Share Image
Your choices are really very limited. They are limited by your level of awareness. If you can change your level of awareness… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Even the lucky ones, who do manage to become happy by attaining their goals, live each day in fear of losing whatever… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
An esoteric or enlightened teacher of Buddhism is someone who has the ability to transfer power to another individual. A real empowerment… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“It seems the guys who are best at sex approach it with the serenity of a Buddhist monk. They are never going… — Roberto Hogue Copy Share Image
A brahmin once asked The Blessed One: "Are you a God?" "No, brahmin" said The Blessed One. "Are you a saint?" "No,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Your enlightenment depends on the company you keep. You do not know the world until you know the men who have possessed… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
You're a refraction of the one light. You're a waveform of light. You're a fractal, a pattern that continuously changes. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Can you control your anger, lust, frustrations, and jealousies? Those are the only people worthy of the higher teachings. By worthy, I… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Normally the experience of enlightenment occurs in stages. A person will usually have many small enlightenments before full enlightenment dawns. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
This is simple meditation, nothingness and everythingness, the color and the form, death and the void, the end and the beginning, a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The aim of my teaching is enlightenment, awakening from the dream state of separateness into the reality of the One. In short,… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
“When you blame, you open up a world of excuses, because as long as you're looking outside, you miss the opportunity to… — Donna Quesada Copy Share Image
I am a reformed Taoist, part-time Buddhist, Hindu, animist, pagan, Jewish mystic, and Christian. I always got along great with priests and… — Steven Van Zandt Copy Share Image
In your big mind, everything has the same value...In your practice you should accept everything as it is, giving to each thing… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
One day liberation will come, and it won't be a day; it won't be a year; it won't be a time, a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You can move in and through the astral worlds once you have gained control of your subtle body. The astral worlds are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If someone else is supposed to be in your life, they will be in your life - you can't stop them from… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Real wisdom does not occur here in this physical universe. Real wisdom is something that you have to move into the planes… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Fasting is as sensual as eating. Being celibate is as sensual as having sex. They're just different choices, different videos that you've… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As you become more aware of your own imperfections, you simultaneously become more aware of the overall perfection of the universe. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I encourage you to make money and to become enlightened. The two are not necessarily different. Have fun with whatever you do… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Yoga has brought me closer to myself. It's helped me realize the interconnectedness of the mind, body and spirit, in the Buddhist… — Christy Turlington Copy Share Image
There needs to be understanding that anger never helps to solve a problem. It destroys our peace of mind and blinds our… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Happiness has to do with how quickly you vibrate, how intelligent you are, how subtle your awareness field is, how deep you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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